Aishwarya (2006) - Upendra, Deepika Padukone and Daisy Bopanna
This movie is a remake of the classic telugu movie Manmadhudu (2002) starring Nagarjuna, Sonali Bendre and Anshu. This happens to be the first movie of Deepika Padukone. Though this movie is a hit movie and is one of the top hit Kannada movies of 2006, it fails to hold the cult status that the original movie Manmadhudu holds.
Ajay (2006) - Puneeth Rajkumar and Anuradha Mehta
This hit movie is a remake of the telugu movie Okkadu (2003) starring Mahesh Babu and Bhumika Chawla. Like majority of his movies, this also happens to be one of the hit movies of Puneeth Rajkumar.
Brindavana (2013) - Darshan, Karthika Nair and Milana Nagaraj
This is a remake of the the Telugu film Brindavanam (2010) starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Kajal Aggarwal and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. This happens to be a hit movie. I’ve watched both the movies and can confidently tell that the Telugu version is way better. Jr. NTR’s rapo with the female leads and the supporting actors, Prakash Raj’s acting and the comic timing of Bramhanandam, Venu Madhav and other comedians is amazing. Sometimes I still wonder how this movie is a hit (maybe because of Darshan’s fan following). This is not the best remake according to me but I’ve added this in the list due to the fact that it was a hit.
Gaja (2008) - Darshan and Navya Nair
This movie is a remake of the telugu movie Bhadra (2005) starring Ravi Teja and Meera Jasmine.
Kathe Chitrakathe Nirdeshana Puttanna (2016) - Priyamani and Komal Kumar
This movie is a remake of the Telugu movie Geethanjali (2014) starring Anjali and Srinivasa Reddy. This happens to be one of the few hit films that does not have any big stars and is a hit truly based on the story and comedy.
Khushi Khushiyagi (2015) - Ganesh and Amulya
This movie is the remake of the Telugu movie Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde (2013) starring Nitin and Nitya Menen
Maanikya (2014) - Sudeep, V. Ravichandran, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Ranya Rao
This movie is the remake of the Telugu movie Mirchi (2013) starring Prabhas, Anushka Shetty and Richa Gangopadhyay.
Maurya (2004) - Puneeth Rajkumar and Meera Jasmine
This movie is a remake of the Telugu movie Amma Nanna O Tamil Ammayi (2003) starring Ravi Teja and Asin. Both the movies were one of the biggest hits in the respective year of release.
Porki (2010) - Darshan and Pranitha Subhash
This movie is a remake of the Telugu movie Poriki (2006) starring Mahesh Babu and Illeana D’Cruz. The Telugu version holds the cult status but I am not sure about the Kannada version.
Power (2014) - Puneeth Rajkumar and Trisha
This movie is the remake of the Telugu movie Dookudu (2012) starring Mahesh Babu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
Ranna (2015) - Sudeep, Rachita Ram and Haripriya
This movie is a remake of a Telugu classic movie Attarintiki Daredi (2013) starring Pawan Kalyan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Pranitha Subhash.
Veera Madakari (2009) - Sudeep and Ragini Dwivedi
This is movie is a remake of the Telugu movie Vikramarkudu (2006) starring Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty
It is extremely sad that though these remakes were a hit, majority of the movies could not create the impact that the version that the Telugu version has created.
Your opinion might differ from mine. Let’s agree to disagree.